EMu New Developments EMu 4.0.03 (and beyond!) Alex Fell Technical Operations Manager KE Software Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Overview • EMu 4.0.03 (11 May 2011) • EMu 4.1 (July 2012) • And beyond Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments EMu 4.0.03 Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments IMu – EMu Internet Framework 4.0.03 • New framework for EMu web development • Open-sourced APIs: PHP Perl .Net Java • Focus on efficient, modern technology Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments IMu – EMu Internet Framework 4.0.03 • New framework for EMu web development • Open-sourced APIs: PHP Perl .Net Java • Focus on efficient, modern technology • (free USB key) Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments IMu Web Client 4.0.03 • Web based interface to collection • Modern components (e.g. auto-complete) • Modern look and feel Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments IMu Multimedia Service 4.0.03 • Multimedia module extension to IMu • Provide easy access to Multimedia Derivates Metadata • Dynamic resize and reformat • Import multimedia Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments OAI Web Service Update • • • • 4.0.03 Update of existing service to OAI 2.0 Provide Dublin Core metadata Allows for other metadata formats (e.g. XMP, etc.) Allow to you connect to any OAI harvester Europeana Culture Grid Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Support For Multiple Groups 4.0.03 • One user in multiple groups • Can easily switch At login While open • Very useful for system administrators Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Exhibition Objects 4.0.03 • New module • Used to track object information per exhibition, including: Installation information Changeovers Maintenance schedule Section details (location in exhibition) • Records are created automatically • Track status of object within exhibition • History of object use for exhibitions Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Field Help Display 4.0.03 • Displays help text for the current field • Text from Field Help module • Help display area resizable Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Schedule Internal Movements 4.0.03 • Internal movement type added to Movements module • Can be scheduled like external movements • Objects can be relocated automatically when Date Moved updated • E.g. scheduling movements of objects between off-site storage facilities Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Pest Management Modules 4.0.03 • Two new modules added: Traps • Type and location of traps used to capture pests Trap Events • What was found in a trap when • Comprehensive set of reports Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Supplementary Media 4.0.03 • Associated media stored in Multimedia record Cropped image for web use An audio/video describing the creation of the media A transcript of an audio or video Any other “supplementary” resource • Similar layout to Resolutions tab • Not for media important in its own right Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Edit Media • • • • 4.0.03 Edit media in preferred editor Asked whether to re-import if media altered All resolutions regenerated All metadata re-extracted Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Attachment Shortcuts 4.0.03 • Create new associated linked record • ‘Selected’ or ‘all’ objects added to new record • Used for: Events -> Conservation, Events -> Loans Loans -> Conservation, Loans -> Movements Movements -> Conservation Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments iCal Support For Notifications 4.0.03 • Notification system generates iCalendar (ics) of upcoming dates • File can be imported into: Google Calendar Outlook Apple iCal Lotus Notes Upgrade Metadata Standards 4.0.03 • IPTC version 1.1 (July 2009) • XMP December 2008 review Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Many other additions… 4.0.03 • Security – Certificates / Encryption SSL encryption between client and server • Extra read-only support System, Group, User support in registry • Reverse scheduling of Tasks Automatically calculate tasks dates based on end date • Link from conservation module to movements Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Many other additions… 4.0.03 • Drag and drop on Archives tab Easily rearrange and renumber a hierarchy • Allow image quality to be set for JPEG 2000 format images • Automatically run emusecurity No need to run manually on additional user Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments EMu 4.1 Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Password Management 4.1 • Change password from within EMu • Can be disabled via Registry entry Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments System Maintenance Improvements • • • • 4.1 No need for Lookup List rebuilds Parallel processing of reindexing Lots of technical improvements Much faster maintenance Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Security improvements 4.1 • Security Update Change the security of a record on save • Field level security Change permissions on a field-by-field basis Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Security Update support 4.1 • Allows record level security to be changed when records are saved • Controlled through EMu registry • Applicable at a User, Group or System level • Allows security to be set based on contents of a field • E.g. Set a record to be editable only by Group Admin when “Record Status” is set to “Retired” Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Field Level security • • • • 4.1 “Column Access Modifier” registry entry Change permissions of fields on a record-by-record basis Control permissions on fields based on values of other fields E.g. Make Current Location read-only when “Record Status” is set to “Deaccessioned” Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments IMu Mapper Support • • • • 4.1 Extensions to IMu to provide spatial data Update open source libraries with spatial API Integrate mapping with IMu web client Allow IMu web results to be mapped Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments And Beyond Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Field Selection Improvements • New dialogue box Like report field selection • Select fields by Prompt Column name Tab name • Click on field to select it • Follow attachments to linked modules • Shortcuts to create New… resources (e.g. Report, List Setting) Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Double click to add Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Global Replace Improvements • • • • • Global Replace will work like other resources (e.g. Reports) Global Replaces saved in Registry Field selection improvements Move data between fields Run in “unattended” mode for large updates (e.g. always say “Yes”) Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Modify Image Metadata • Update metadata in master image EXIF, IPTC, XMP • Global Replace Update Copyright field on a set of records • Propagate metadata to image resolutions Can be managed independently Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Alerts Module • Monitors all changes to records • Create profiles • A profile match will trigger an alert Email specified user(s) SMS particular people Create a log of the alert Cause popup notification Do anything else Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Drag/Drop Media Via Drop Zone • • • • Drop zone on desktop for adding Media Allow right-click in Windows Media ingestion by IMu Many files or just one Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Drag/Drop Multiple Documents • Multiple media files dropped into EMu for ingestion • Multiple thumbnails dragged around EMu Collections Management Museums EMu New Developments Communications layer • • • • • An easy way to share data within a trusted network Link records between organisations ‘Watch’ records held by others Track use of your collection data ‘Copy from’ other institutions, or link to them as master Collections Management Museums